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  2. VALUELESS CHEQUES.

    Apparent inability to abstain from alc[?] hol was named as the cause of the dow[?] fall of James McTier, farmer, aged [?] years, who appeared for sentence befo[?] ...

    Article : 297 words
  3. GOLFERS COMPETE FOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Before setting forth on the Royal Molbourne links at Sandringham to play in the opening round of the open golf championship of Australia yesterday, a group of competitors gathered at the scoringboard to read the special rules governing the contest. From left to right:—W. Clark, E. Wood, C. Campbell, C. Clark, E. Le Fevre, and J. R. D. Scott. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 65 words
  4. CUSTODY OF CHILD.

    Mr. Justice Schutt, in the Banco Court yesterday, continued the hearing of applications by Katie Hannah Brook, of Albert street, Windsor, and her husband, Henry ...

    Article : 676 words
  5. FLINDERS' STATUE MODEL COMPLETED.

    Mr. C. Web Gilbert, the Melbourne sculptor, has completed the original model in plaster for the statue of Matthew Flinders, the famous navigator. It is now ready for the bronze foundry, and will be erected in the third bay of St. Paul's Cathedral (Swanston street facade) about the middle of July, 1925. The model represents the navigator standing in the prow of the boat. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 68 words
  6. DEPOSIT ON FURNITURE.

    Benjamin Raphael Terricini, of Grange road, Alphington, appeared at the City Court on Thursday on a charge of having unlawfully attempted, by means of a false ...

    Article : 378 words
  7. RARE ARBOREAL APE FROM JAVA.

    There was added to the Zoological Gardens collection yesterday a rare and delicate Lar Gibbon Ape, a denizen of the Jungle in Java, and known by the natives as "the wood man." Mr. A. Wilkie, director of the gardens, describes it as wonderfully agile in the tree-tops, with abnormally long arms and prehensile fingers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  8. STOLEN CAR ABANDONED.

    "It in impossible for us to take a lenient view of this case. Although yor are so young you have been previously convieted. You take away valuable property, and are ...

    Article : 387 words
  9. CORONER'S INQUESTS.

    Awakened by a loud report at a quarter past 7 o'clock on the morning of August 23, Percy Lawrence Brett, clerk, of Grant street. East Malvern, saw his brother, Vernon, electrician, ...

    Article : 233 words
  10. GIRLS' TECHNICAL SCHOOL OPENED AT BOX HILL.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Lemmon), inset on the left, yesterday opened the new Technical School for girls in White Horse road, Box Hill. Inset on the right, against the picture of the opening ceremony, is the head mistress Miss Ruth Evans). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  11. BISLEY RIFLEMEN RETURN.

    Four representatives of the eastern States in the Australian Bisley Rifle team arrived by the Hobson's Bay yesterday, after competing in contests in England. They [?] early in May. Left to right, above, C. Williamson (N.S.W.) and C. J. Channon (N.S.W.), Below, G. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  12. Woman Burned to Death.

    Evidence concerning the death of Annie Hanham, aged 80 years, widow, of Lygon street, North Carlton, was heard. Leopold George French, Commonwealth ...

    Article : 205 words
  13. Two Motor-cars Stolen.

    Stolen from a vacant allotment near Moonee Valley racecourse on Wednesday afternoon, a four-cylinder B[?]ck motor-car, owned by Mr. W. G. Rouse, carrier, ...

    Article : 116 words
  14. ACCUSED OF SHOPLIFTING.

    On a charge of having stolen a roll of silk valued at £25, the property of Myer's Pty. Ltd., three young women, Ruby Kennedy, Kathleen Stewart, and May Lock, were presented at the ...

    Article : 400 words
  15. SALE OF LAND.

    Commission, amounting to £97, on a sale of land was claimed before judge Welnarski in the County Court yesterday, by James Fahey, of Sed[?] street, Seddon, from margaret Dawson, of ...

    Article : 331 words
  16. ZOOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.

    For lack of certain identification, the two savage young Javanese animals housed yesterday at the Zoological Gardens have been termed "Bush Cats." The name "Leopard Cat," Mr. Willkie thinks, is preferable to "Tiger Cat," on account of the markings, but zoological ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  17. TOWN HALL TRANSFORMED FOR LORD MAYOR'S BALL.

    An artistic Australian rural scene transformed the concert platform of the Town Hall last night, on the occasion of the Lord Mayor's hall, while festoons of coloured lights, roses, and [?]m foliage formed a canopy under which danced 1,600 guests of Councillor and Mrs. W. Brunton. The "All Australian" note in the beautiful decorations was the conception of Mr. W. Coleman, Junior, and his [?] The decorations will remain to-day for the charity "jarz" dancing carnival. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  18. COMPULSORY SEQUESTRATION.

    Application was made to the Acting Chief Justice (Sir Leo Cussen) in the Practice Court yesterday for an order absolute for the sequestration of the estate of David Edward Claney and Mary ...

    Article : 268 words
  19. MOTORIST'S LICENSE RENEWED.

    Before Mr. W. G. Smith, P.M., and Messrs. H. E. Caldecott and H. McA. Rankin, J.P.'s, at the Footscray Court yesterday, Nicholas Joseph Doyle, a traveller, applied to have his license ...

    Article : 195 words
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